Crews arrived about 1 a.m. to the 2900 block of Belmont Avenue. They encountered heavy fire conditions that rapidly extended from the first to second floor in the brick dwelling. No residents were home at the time. The fire was quickly brought under control, officials said.

Prosecutors announced new indictments Monday of Baltimore jail staff, the same day a top corrections official testified in the federal corruption trial of eight inmates and corrections officers about the difficulty containing misconduct in the system.